8GB Intel Turbo Memory? Using Pci-e SSD instead?

What ever happened to the 8GB and 16GB Intel Turbo memory cards?

With all the SSD cards out there, has anyone set up one of those fast SSD mini Pci-e cards to work along side an old faithful harddrive? Looking at the 32GB cards that would fit in just like the 1-2GB Intel Turbo Memory cards. The 32GB price isn't too bad to consider toying with.

In case anyone was wondering, I'm using a Dell Xps 1530 with 3 Pci-e slots available. I've found several SSD's on the market that would fit right in. Right now one slot is using the wireless card, another ITM 1GB, another open. Also has Intel fixed the drivers to handle two ITM cards installed to worktogether?

 

I believe I read on here that PCIe SSDs don't work due to lack of a SATA controller. Also, Intel Turbo Memory is useless if you have enough RAM.

 

I'm not talking about connecting another SATA, have you ever seen a netbook? You know those don't have SATA harddrives in them right? Imagine using those 64GB PCI-e netbook flash drives in your lappy for an OS drive, and still have your 500GB harddrive (2.5 inch) installed for storage. Also there is a controller on board which allows the Intel card to work.

 

Netbooks can use SATA for their HDDs (ie. my Acer Aspire One). The problem is that netbooks are very different than notebooks. While the port is the same, the wiring and interface are different. Netbooks have a SATA controller attached to it's pins, so they can utilize a SSD PCIe, while notebooks do not. All SSDs have their own controller but that is not the same as a SATA controller.

Besides, PCIe SSDs aren't that fast (and most stutter due to Jmicron controller) and ITM technology has not shown to have any performance benefit. You definitely cannot boot from PCIe SSDs either due to lack of BIOS support.

Here is a pin out from Nando's post:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=5237481&postcount=6

 

The idea has come out too often in this forum. Like sgogeta4 said, the netbook's mini PCIe SSD won't work on notebook. It's physically mini PCIe card, but it has proprietary connection method.

And FYI, my netbook's mini PCIe SSD is PATA, not SATA.

 

It's a shame that the standards arent the same. I was interested in doing this as well and was trying to find information on it. It would have been a nice way to add some additional storage to your notebook. oh well!

 

I just get people mad when I ask about this anymore. It seems that in the forums I have seen that no one has actually tried. It's all theory. If you've found an answer to this please let me know! Thanks!

 

And... Intel did it and I've seen my PC mess up and use the ITM as a drive! It was during an upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 Beta and I just had to set it as Readyboost but after a reboot it disappeared. Not sure if that will ever happen again but I was curious about other options in that slot.